CNet Training

The market leader in resettlement

communications training
Data Centre
Tel: 0870 112 6403
www.cnet-training.com
Design
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Course Description
This course, held over three days, is aimed at teaching best practice
3 - Day course
design principles for the design, construction and operation of computer rooms
and data centres. It consists of a number of subsections that address the fundamental
requirements of a successful design such as electrical power supply, air conditioning and data cabling. Best
practice is achieved by bringing together the requirements of British Building Regulations, Statutory Instruments, EC Directives and
British and European standards. Several case studies are considered to see examples of good, and bad, practice in real situations. The unit is principally
assessed by an ongoing design exercise that lead the students through all the steps needed to arrive at a baseline design of a modern data centre.

1 Introduction 6 HVAC 9 Fire design

•  TIA 942 and European standards •  Basics of air conditioning principles •  Fire detection and suppression require-
•  TIA 942 spaces and hierarchical model •  Comfort v precision air con ments of TIA 942
•  Example projects and costings •  TIA 942 requirements •  Pre-action sprinkler system
•  Size of market •  Fresh air and ventilation requirements •  Approved gaseous fire suppression chemi-
•  Intro to Uptime Model of Tiering •  Power consumption of air conditioning cals (clean agent)
•  Air conditioning options •  Smoke detector selection
•  Underfloor plenum approach •  Aspirating smoke detectors (VESDA)
2 Facilities and location •  Hot aisle/cold aisle model •  BS 5839 requirements for fire detection
•  TIA 942 recommendations for location, size, •  The limiting factors for free cooling of racks •  ‘L’ and ‘M’ categories
heights, floor loading, lighting and raised floors via floor vents •  Siting of fire/smoke detectors
•  Audits of designs •  Fan assisted floor vents and fan assisted •  NFPA 75 requirements
•  Emergency lighting and signage racks •  Cables for smoke detectors and alarm
•  Services and facilities •  Min and max throw distances for underfloor systems
air
•  Side to side cooling
3 Raised floor design •  Upgrade paths
•  TIA 942 recommendations •  Chilled water racks
•  (PSA) Method of Building Performance •  Testing
Specification ‘Platform Floors (Raised Access •  TIA 942 Tiering for HVAC
Floors)’, MOB PF2 PS 10 Fire – cabling
•  BS EN 12825:2001 •  Fuel loads of different cable materials
•  Calculating floor heights •  American building codes
•  Ramps and the Disability Discrimination Act •  The riser and plenum grade of cable
•  Earthing and bonding •  NFPA 262
•  Limited Combustible cables
•  European Directives
•  The Construction Products Directive
4 Rack location •  European fire tests and standards
•  TIA 942 and ASHRAE recommendations •  Insurance perspectives
•  Hot aisle/cold aisle model •  Comparing US and European specs
•  7-tile pitch model •  Relative costs
•  Underfloor plenum air distribution
•  What makes a rack a server rack? 7 Earthing
•  4-post and 2-post systems •  Applicable standards
•  The terminology of earthing, grounding and 11 C
 opper cabling components
•  Using tools like Visio and Netzoom
bonding •  10GBASE-T and CAT6A standards
•  Equipotential bonding •  Manufacturers’ offerings for CAT6A
•  Functional earths •  Screened v unscreened cables
5 Power supplies •  Horizontal, vertical and angled patchpanels
•  TIA 942 requirements
•  Some electrical principles, volts, amps, watts,
•  The Signal Reference Grid (SRG)
kVA, power factor and three phase
•  SRG spacing and connection
•  Electrical distribution codes
•  Power density
•  TIA 942 requirements 8 Cable containment
•  TIA 942 Tiers •  Applicable standards
•  The meaning of N, N+1 2(N+1) etc •  Separation of power and data cables to EN
50174 and BS 6701 and TIA 942 12 O
 ptical cabling components
•  Estimating power requirements
•  Types of conduit, trunking, tray etc available •  Optical connectors, past and present
•  Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) op-
•  Fill rules •  Optical patch panels and accessories
tions
•  Cable management in and to a rack •  Types of optical cable, loose tube and tight
•  Power distribution to and in a rack
•  Fire stopping buffered
•  Power Distribution Units
•  Earthing and bonding

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The market leader in resettlement
communications training
Data Centre
Tel: 0870 112 6403
www.cnet-training.com
Design
[email protected]

13 Preterminated cabling
•  Advantages and disadvantages of pretermi-
nating cables
•  The MPO and MTP ribbon connector
•  Some manufacturers’ examples

14 Optical systems 15 Cable system design 17 S

 ecurity, access control, CCTV
•  The OM1, OM2, OM3, OS1 model •  The 2,3 and 4 connector model from ISO and BMS
•  The OF300, OF500 and OF2000 model 11801 •  Fire detection and monitoring
•  Optical component loss and link power •  Intelligent patching •  Security and access control
budgets •  The hierarchical structure of a data centre •  CCTV
•  Ethernet’s cable requirements •  LAN and SAN layouts •  Building management systems
•  10GBASE-xyz cable requirements •  Differences between TIA 942 and EN 50173-5 •  TIA 942 requirements for security and moni-
•  10GBASE-xyz transmission distances terminology toring
•  Premium fibres •  TIA 942 topology •  IP networks that integrate security and
•  How many connectors allowed in a chan- monitoring
nel? •  Rack level monitoring systems
•  10GBASE-LRM
•  ISO 11801:2002 requirements for optical 18 Project management
systems issues
•  Safety audits
•  Health & safety issues
•  Construction Design and Management
regulations
•  TIA 942 redundancy and Tiering in more
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria details

Learning outcomes Assessment criteria for pass

To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to:

1 Understand the concepts of data centre design in terms of Give a substantially correct response to Questions 1 to 8 of the design exer-
resilience, location, architectural and physical constraints cise workbook compared to the model answer

2 Understand basic regulatory and H&S requirements such as Give a substantially correct response to Questions 1 to 8 of the design exer-
emergency lighting and signage, fire stopping, ventilation, use cise workbook compared to the model answer
of electricity at work and fire safety

“Very relevant to everyday working environment” - Major City Bank

Course Specification 75% theory 25% practical Related Training Courses

Course duration • Advanced Data Centre Power 1 day

3 Days
• Advanced Data Centre HVAC 1 day
• Data Centre Managment 1 day
Who should attend? IT Managers, Project Managers,
Facilities Managers,
Designers and Consultants

Prerequisites Some knowledge of basic IT and

electrical engineering skills.

Qualifications BTEC Advanced Award in

Data Centre Design
BICSI CECs: 14 RCDD
CableNet Course Certificate
* applied for
Location Accademia House

CableNet Training Services Ltd trading as CNet Training

T: +44 (0)870 112 6403
E: [email protected] W: www.cnet-training .com